Saturday 14th February 2026
A walk from Forres to Findhorn and back (9.5 miles)
Anne and I had a nice day out East. We drove to Forres in my old Ford Fusion and had a scone and a drink at Mackenzie & Cruickshanks. A meal in itself. We then parked at Grant Park and set off on our walk with a wee picnic in our rucksacks.
We first of all passed the Sueno Stone.
Sueno’s Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. It is situated on a raised bank on a now isolated section of the former road to Findhorn.
More information can be found here – the Forres Heritage Trust
There are several signposts to mark the way.
Very shortly after the Sueno’s Stone you cross the busy A96 by this pedestrian footbridge.
We could see the hills in the north, even Morven. The photo doesn’t show that detail.
We reached Kinloss and branched off to Findhorn. That is the remains of Kinloss Abbey.
The parish church in Kinloss is rather nice.
You then pass what was RAF Kinloss. It is now an army barracks.
This bomber has been there for years – a Hawker Siddeley Nimrod (XV244)
We reached the eco-village at Finhorn, formerly the Findhorn Community.
Findhorn
We went as far as the harbour.
We had lunch at a public seat in the shelter of a wall. It was very cold.
We retraced our steps back to Forres. We had a look at the shops and then headed home. A lovely day out.